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The Norliss Tapes is a 1973 American television horror film directed by Dan Curtis and written by William F. Nolan, starring Roy Thinnes and Angie Dickinson. Framed through a series of tapes left behind by the missing Norliss, an investigator of the occult, it tells the story of his encounter with a widow and her artist husband who has returned from the dead.
The film was originally produced by NBC as a pilot for a television series which was ultimately not produced. The film premiered as a standalone movie on NBC Networks on February 21, 1973.
Original Release
02/21/1973
US Release
02/21/1973
Cast
Name | Character |
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Roy Thinnes | David Norliss |
Don Porter | Sanford T. Evans |
Angie Dickinson | Ellen Sterns Cort |
Claude Akins | Sheriff Tom Hartley |
Michele Carey | Marsha Sterns |
Vonetta McGee | Mme. Jeckiel |
Hurd Hatfield | Charles Langdon |
Bryan O'Byrne | Mr. Dobkins |
Robert Mandan | George Rosen |
Ed Gilbert | Sid Phelps |
Directors
Writers
William F. Nolan, Fred Mustard Stewart
Cast
Name | Character |
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Roy Thinnes | David Norliss |
Don Porter | Sanford T. Evans |
Angie Dickinson | Ellen Sterns Cort |
Claude Akins | Sheriff Tom Hartley |
Michele Carey | Marsha Sterns |
Vonetta McGee | Mme. Jeckiel |
Hurd Hatfield | Charles Langdon |
Bryan O'Byrne | Mr. Dobkins |
Robert Mandan | George Rosen |
Ed Gilbert | Sid Phelps |
Jane Dulo | Sarah Dobkins |
Stanley Adams | Truck Driver |
Bob Schott | Sargoth |
George DiCenzo | Man in Langdon Gallery |
Patrick Wright | Larry Mather |
Nick Dimitri | James Raymond Cort |
Bob Harks | Deputy |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Charles W. Fries | Executive Producer |
Dan Curtis | Producer |
Robert Singer | Producer |